2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Black Leaders who support Hillary Slam Bernie Sanders on race issues [View all]virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)apparently when someone told you what they knew about Bernie.....you saw it as being thrown in your face, so I am a little surprised that you would even be interested in reading about what a Bernie supporter knew about him.
When Bernie started running, I went onto the internet and found that not only was every speech he ever gave in Congress available in video......you could even see speeches that he gave while he was mayor.
I saw a consistency in him that I have never seen in a politician. I liked his commitment to doing the right thing.
Sure, he protested against discrimination against black people,he went to Washington to hear Dr. King.
But when I searched in different years 1985. 1991, 1997, 2002 or whatever year, listening to his speeches...randomly....
every subject that he talked about, every group that was being harmed that he defended, his predictions about
the effect of various policies and laws and the impact that they would have that came true.
I was amazed.
If that is what you see when you look at Hillary, then I'm glad for you.